Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-18
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Tbe snow vas three fees deep 90 Q |
eytl a. Heroa yesterday. and mating
An e0ploymena seancy hars ssus 90
lsboFesM tins week 30 Eagle GssRe, On
The western eiops Of The Cascades, for
The AoEthern P1eias.
a great Deal Of interest," IL felt hsse
over tbs Northern P4eiae DiFectSry
estiDg today. whish will determtBe on
the SINNERS '-oanpaign-
Overland travel eastward ID picking
ap. There we're nineteen throazh pas
senQsFs from PoFtlzDd yesterday. Local
some insrsass over February.
Remarked . prominent Northern Pa
eifs noan 10 an 0reg0Htaa reporter yes
teEdaY: "MsEk Tits: Jass - sure -
the o. r. q n. IL lasSed 70 the Onion
Pacific. iasi 20 sure will the Northern
Pacific build down tbs nortb bank Of
the CoInmbia river 70 Portland"
Two Representatives Of The Central
Pac &c have bssa IN tie city fer she
past week, Studying the srchitecture Of
the D. a Q. RensFal Offices At toe foot Of
= street Tue employees ia the baiidlDk
have Bade up their minds 10 work IN
der new bosses" shout the LIST Of Jnly.
The cause Of washouts on the North
eTn Pacific Waa lee In the rivera When
the warm weather. zane tue zoe RorRed
and tbs water backed up over the tFHck,
washing IL 0ut. Is vas not the exteol
Of any one bEesk, b1t numerous snnall
vash0uts that gave % mueh tFouble.
A representative Of the Short Lins
stated yesterday that Ethan Saith
President OF toe Dragon Railway and
Navigation Company, had left Mes
York on the 18Th fer Portland. and tbai
be would meet Charles Francs Adams
President Of the Uaion Pacifs, at Oma-
hs, both RsutlemeR coming 20 Portland
together, presumably 10 olOse the leas'
aud look after the bridge and depots OF
this side.
The resienasioa Of Manager Prescott
Of the Oregon Railway snd HasiRati0E
| Company, vas accompanied by the re
signAtion of Mr.. II. 3. Rove, SupeFin'
tendent Of the Company. Ikis action
has accustomed no little surprise, snf
u regarded as meaning something
OF one tkinR the public may be ssaureC
lii was not eass Of being EfqnesteG
10 resign" and the PROBABILITY b tina
the difectors viii Insist on b0th remain
ing. Some we'll informed men are o.
the opinion that Messrs. PrsscC g anC
Rowe have Ia contemplation sem
transportation scheme which will be 10
imioal to the o. X. d NJ. and that thel
deem 10 dishonorAble to perfect th'
scheme while In the service Of the o. Il
a N. Each OF the Restlemeu was cues
toned upon this point and each gave
positive denial. Both said that they in
tended 10 remain In Portland, wheF'
they have property interests.
THE sEAsIDk TRAVEL.
Nov that the Olympian has bsel
leased 10 the Faoifo Coast STEAMSHIP
Company for the summer, 20 run on th
Alaska route, the D. Il. d N. have u
special boat for abe seaside travel. q
least none that can compete IN speeI
with the Telephone. There IL th
Alaskan lying AZ the Soneyard In n
same unfinished eopdition that she ar
rived from kew York neaEly three year
ago. Il will require the expenditure o
ti2 600 to $1,000 10 pat her IN goo,
running trim. and it msy be that sh
will b. fitted up for the Ilwaoo and Clat
SOP T0ate. This Is one Of the matter
which will be brought 20 Presiden
smiths notice when he comes cut.
she IL not dtted no the opposition boa
will do the bulk Of the seaside travel thi
summer. which will be very comfortably
for Captain U. b. Scott and Captain
II. ID. Gray.